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S. LOE.

SECOND CHOICE VOTING MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED MAY 24. 1911..

1,310,196, Patented July 15,1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SYVER LOE, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGN- MENTS, T0 LOE MULTIPLEX VOTING MACHINE COMPANY, OF MINNEAPOLIS,

MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION OF MINNESOTA.

SECOND-CHOICE-VOTING MECHANISM.

Application filed May 24, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYV'ER Lon, a citizen of the United States, residingat Minneapolis, in the county of I-Iennepin and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Second Choice VotingMechanism; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact descrip tion of' the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention relates to voting machine and, particularly, hasfor its object to provide a simple and eflicient device for selectivevoting where it is permissible to cast one vote, either for two partiesrepresented in adjacent columns, or for the same candidate representedin two columns or on two tickets, such as a Republican and Democraticticket.

One election of the above type of selective voting would be so-calledfirst and second choice voting, such as required in some States where itis permissible to cast vote for a first choice and a second choiceballot for certain ofiices, such, for instance, as for governor. In suchan arrangement, the first choice candidate will be in one column and asecond choice candidate will be in an adj acent column of registeractuators, and the actuators assigned to first choice and second choicecandidates will be interconnected by a selectin cut-out lock permittingeither of the saic actuators to be operated in the first instance, butpreventing the second thereof from being subsequently operated.

All of the illustrations of the use of the selective lock will be whereone person, say a candidate for governor, will be represented, say onboth the Republican and Democratic tickets, and in each case, thecandidate might be voted for by manipulation of a register actuatoreither in the Republican column or in the Democratic column, but whereinthe operation of one or the other of these actuators would make itimpossible to operate a second thereof, during, of course, in one votingoperation, that is, between intervals of resetting of the machine fordifferent voters.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 1s a plan view showing a portion Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented July 15, 1919.

Serial No. 170,727.

of the keyboard frame and register actuators of the voting machine. Thiskeyboard mechanism, as shown, is of the type disclosed and claimed in mycompanion application filed of even date herewith and entitled Keyboardmechanism for voting machines Fig. 2 is an elevation of the parts shownin Fig. 1, looking at the same from the inner or back side of themachine; and

Figs. 3 and 4 are diagrammatic plan views illustrating the action of theselective lock.

The keyboard proper, as shown, is made up of a multiplicity ofinterlocking duplicate skeleton blocks or sections of the characterdisclosed and claimed in my companion application entitled Keyboardmechanism for voting machines. These interlocking blocks are indicated,as entireties, by the numeral 5, and they are provided with intermediatefront or outer sleeves 6 and intermediate rear or inner sleeves 7 andthey have certain various other characteristics not necessary to hereconsider, but fully disclosed and claimed in my said pendingapplication.

Each register actuator is made up of a finger-actuated key or lever 8,and a register actuating lever 9. These two levers 8 and 9 are connectedby slot and pin connections 10 and they are mounted in clearancepassages between the superimposed blocks 5 with the said levers 8 and 9,respectively, arranged to pivot on the axes of the sleeves 6 and 7,respectively, all as more fully disclosed in my said companionapplication entitled Keyboard mechanism for voting machines;

In Fig. 1, both of the register actuators are shown as in normalposition. In Fig. 3, the right hand lever 9 is shown in normal position,and the left hand lever 9 in set or register actuated position. In Fig.4, the left hand lever 9 is shown in normal position, and the right handlever 9 as in a set position.

The so-called selective lock for connecting the two horizontally alinedlovers 9 of adj a cent columns, is a very simple device consisting of alever 11 intermediately pivoted at 12 to a lug 13 provided therefor onits block 5. Of course, these selecting locks will be applied only atplaces where it is desired to interconnect actuators of adjacentcolumns.

At its ends, the selecting lock lever 11 is provided with cam slots 14having inturned look notches 15. The lever 9 are provided with cam pinsor studs 16 that work in the cam slots 14.

In the normal position of the parts shown in Fig. 1, the cam slots 14:are nearly concentric to the pivotal axis of the cooperating lever 9,but the cam pins 16 of both levers 9 are at least partly within the locknotches 15, but either lever 9 can be freely moved from its normalposition into its set position. The movement of one or the other of thesaid levers 9, however, operating on the dooperating cam groove 14, willmove that end of the lever 11 slightly inward, thereby moving theopposite end of said lever slightly outward and causing the lock notch15, at the outwardly moved end of its said lever to engage fully withthe lock pin 16 of the lever 9 that stands in normal position. In F ig.3, the right hand lever 9 is shown as locked in its normal position, andin Fig. 4c, the left hand lever 9 is shown as locked in its normalposition. Attention is further called to the fact that with the parts innormal position shown in Fig. 1, both slots 14: are out of alinementwith the cooperating cam pins 16, so that it is impossible tosimultaneously move both of the interconnected leversv 9. Hence, one,and only one, of the interconnected levers, and hence, of theinterconnected register actuators, can be operated. The device foraccomplishing this result, moreover, is extremely simple and capable ofbeing quickly and easily applied: in any place of the machine where theabove described action is desired.

What I claim is:

1. In a voting machine, the combination with several columns or rows ofregister actuators, said actuators including pivoted le vers, of aselective lock lever intermediately pivoted between said columns or rowsand with its ends cam-connected to correspond ing actuator levers of twoadjacent columns, and serving to permit either one of said actuatorlevers to be moved by looking the other or second against movement.

2. In a voting machine, the combination with several columns of registeractuators including pivoted levers having cam pins or projections, of aselective lock lever intermediately pivoted between said columns ofactuators and provided in its: ends with cam slots engaging the cam pinsof said levers, said slots at one extremity having lock notches normallyalined with said cam pins, permitting movement of either of said twolevers, the first moved actuator lever operating through said selectivelock lever tolock the other actuator lever in normal position.

3.. In a voting machine, the combination. with several columnsofregister actuators including pivoted levers having cam pins orprojections,-of a selective loclr'lever intermediately pivoted betweensaid columnsof actu-' ators and provided in its ends'vvith cam slotsengaging the cam pins of said levers, said slots at one extremity havinglock notches. normally alined: with said anr'pins, permitting movementof either of said: two levers,

the first moved. actuator lever operating.

through said selective lock lever to lock the other actuator'lever' innormal position, the said selective lever being detachable andinterchangeable With the various actuator-1e Copies ofthispatent: may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the (Jommissioner'ofPatents, Washington, I). G.

